Comments on: How to Install Postfix Admin in RHEL/CentOS 5

By: consultant

consultant — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:08:33 +0000

Hi shanmuga sundaram s,

Make sure the linux machine has internet access. If it has, just try it again. It could be a temporary problem.

By: shanmuga sundaram s

shanmuga sundaram s — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:24:48 +0000

Error Downloading Packages:
mysql-server – 5.0.45-7.el5.i386: failure: CentOS/mysql-server-5.0.45-7.el5.i386.rpm from base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. what i the remedy for this.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:14:08 +0000

Every 6 months or so I get frustrated with MS and try to build a Linux box. Every time I get a little further in the project because I’ve learned a little more. Every time I wind up giving up because I run into a snag that I cannot solve. Seems this time will be no different… Bill Gates is laughing all the way to the bank.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:38:42 +0000

Hmmm…Went back as you suggested and the first line responds that the database already exists. The second line wants a password, leaving it blank doesn’t work nor does the root or my password. Third line seems to take OK. Browsing to setup.php and postfixadmin still yield the same errors I reported above. Any further suggestions?

Not that it matters, but I’m feeling good because I got virtual name servers working in Apache and am on the web.

P.S. Note to somchai: I am a beginner when it comes to Linux and unable to assist you. Good luck.

By: somchai

somchai — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:51:34 +0000

Hi..Scott

I have probelm on postfixadmin that following this.
1.I can’t Add mail box on doamin such as cti.co.th
it show me invalid email account.
2.I can’t setup squirrel mail Address book on Web

Please help me.

somchai w

By: consultant

consultant — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:12:58 +0000

Hi Scott,

After installing mysql and starting mysql, you need to start from step 2 of Creating the Postfix Admin Database and proceed from there.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:11:27 +0000

Follow-up: If I delete setup.php, I can browse to the login page for postfix admin, but I can’t figure out a username and password that works.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:54:06 +0000

Thank you for the prompt and helpful reply! I did the yum install no problem.

Since I’m a little off track now, there are some further problems. I started mysql server and restarted http.

Now I can browse to setup.php, but it gives a status page which lists the error:

Can’t connect to database
Please edit the $CONF['database_*'] parameters in config.inc.php

I can browse to postfixadmin, but it says to delete setup.php

I don’t know how to fix the $CONF, I entered them exactly as instructed.

By: consultant

consultant — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:43:08 +0000

Hi Scott,

You’re right, mysql is indeed missing. Turns out mysql is already included in my setup that’s why it showed up. Sorry about that.

Type in yum install mysql-server to install the correct package.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:05:22 +0000

1. Start the mysqld service.

mysqld is not on the list of services…
Building this from scratch, following all instructions, everything else has gone smoothly.